From his birth in Milan in 1913, Piero Fornasetti showed an early interest in design. In 1930, he entered the Milan Academy of Fine Arts, from which he was expelled two years later for insubordination (he later entered the School of Applied Arts at the Castello Sforzesco).

In the '40s, his father made his press available to him, and he began experimenting with different engraving and printing techniques on all kinds of materials, including ceramics, glass and copper. He then founded the "Stamperia d'Arte Piero Fornasetti" and published his own drawings, as well as works by the greatest artists of the time: Carlo Carrà, Giorgio de Chirico, Marino Marini, Lucio Fontana.

His meeting with Italian master Gio Ponti in 1939 marked a turning point in his artistic life and the start of a long collaboration. For him, Fornasetti furnished the Casa Lucano residence, but his projects didn't stop there. Piero Fornasetti created ever more visionary and grandiose works: the frescoes in Padua's Palazzo Bo, the refectory in the Piazza Sant'Ambrogio barracks, the Sanremo Casino, Casa Lucano, and the cabins and lounges on the Andrea Doria cruise liner.

In 1952, Fornasetti launched his best-known work: the "Tema e Variazioni" series inspired by the face of opera singer Lina Cavalieri, which today includes over 400 objects.

A skill and creativity that his son continues today, thanks to the archives of this prolific artist.